Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,144M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€345M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,211M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,080M
GVA — construction (F)
€355M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,017M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,384M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,236M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,111M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€462M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€754M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,200
Self-employed persons
33,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
613 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
23
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
97
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
212,547
Population aged 65+
70,461
Population aged under 15
47,087
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
65 /M